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Swank kicks off round-the-world run
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_ce/people_hilary_swank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.589e852c7bbf40309ab8404a05616019.2007_blue_planet_run_xun102.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=LJFW4wF.QcmMVKM19MVScQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="In this handout photo from The Dow Chemical Company, two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank joins athletes of the 2007 Blue Planet Run, Emmanuel Kibet of Kenya, left, and Rudy Van Prooyen, right, of the Netherlands, before the start of the global relay at the United Nations in New York, Friday, June 1, 2007. The Blue Planet Run is the first-ever around-the-world relay to help bring clean drinking water to some of the 1.1 billion people around the world who lack access. An international team of 20 athletes will run 24 hours a day through 16 countries in under 100 days to raise awareness and funds for this important cause. (AP Photo/Dow Chemical Company, Stuart Ramson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hilary Swank kicked off a round-the-world run Friday to raise awareness of the world's 1.1 billion people who lack access to clean drinking water.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kidney transplant TV show is a hoax
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_tv/netherlands_organ_show"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.fee10306011932.netherlands_organ_show_fee103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=IO_EvzgpwV.1iQxh_pvw8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Kidney patient Mirjam Duyst and her son Tim, left, watch the live broadcast of the 'Big Donor Show' on a television at the Kidney Patient Center in Bussum, central Netherlands, Friday June 1, 2007. The BNN television network said show is intended to draw attention to the shortage of organ donations for transplant. Doctors scoffed at the idea of a donation without careful screening to match the tissues of the donor and recipient, and the program has been widely condemned around Europe as tasteless and unethical. The network has identified the donor only as 'Lisa,' a 37-year-old woman with an inoperable brain tumor. During the show, BNN says, she will hear interviews with the three candidates, their families and friends before choosing who will get her kidney. (AP Photo/Fred Ernst)" border="0" /></a>AP - A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday, with presenters saying they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.</p><br clear="all"/>
Holmes says she's ready for more kids
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_ce/people_holmes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.4bf3c9a2f03343cdb7136a5aa7b9cc05.people_holmes_ny140.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=iFSmVHMSb3ve2fQeGqERIg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="U.S. actor Tom Cruise, right, and actress Katie Holmes, believed to be holding their daughter Suri, arrive at Rome's town hall, in this file photo from Nov. 15, 2006. Being the mother of Tom Cruise's baby daughter has been so much fun that Holmes tells 'Entertainment Tonight' she's ready to have more children. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Being the mother of Tom Cruise's baby daughter has been so much fun that Katie Holmes tells "Entertainment Tonight" she's ready to have more children.</p><br clear="all"/>
No TV interview for Paris Hilton in jail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_ce/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.50ab3ae835df4b1a8e309369dcdd0518.paris_hilton_ny118.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=4Pglls8.nqtZ63_tiYWs9g--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Paris Hilton leaves the Los Angeles Municipal Court Metropolitan branch with her father Rick, Friday, May 4, 2007, in Los Angeles. The 26-year-old heiress has until 11:59 p.m. on June 5 to report to the Century Regional Detention Facility to start serving time for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sheriff Lee Baca said Friday that Paris Hilton will not be allowed to give television interviews while serving her jail sentence and that aggressive steps were being taken to prevent cameras from being smuggled into the facility.</p><br clear="all"/>
No bean-toss prosecution for Hugh Grant
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_mo/people_hugh_grant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.2bf3ece42b4e44ba845adf49c80ac1eb.people_hugh_grant_ny139.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=J9CxU6mKBmJ1DwvucIUerA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="British actor Hugh Grant attends a photo call to promote his new film 'Music and Lyrics' in Barcelona, Spain, in this April 16, 2007, file photo. Grant, won't be prosecuted for allegedly hurling baked beans at a photographer, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Friday, June 1, 2007. Grant, who also will not face charges for allegedly kicking the photographer, was arrested following the clash on April 24. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - The heat's been turned off on the Hugh Grant legume litigation.</p><br clear="all"/>
No bean-toss prosecution for Hugh Grant
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_mo/people_hugh_grant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.2bf3ece42b4e44ba845adf49c80ac1eb.people_hugh_grant_ny139.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=J9CxU6mKBmJ1DwvucIUerA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="British actor Hugh Grant attends a photo call to promote his new film 'Music and Lyrics' in Barcelona, Spain, in this April 16, 2007, file photo. Grant, won't be prosecuted for allegedly hurling baked beans at a photographer, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Friday, June 1, 2007. Grant, who also will not face charges for allegedly kicking the photographer, was arrested following the clash on April 24. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - The heat's been turned off on the Hugh Grant legume litigation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iglesias readies "Insomniac" for light of day
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070602/music_nm/iglesias_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070602/2007_06_01t234745_450x337_us_iglesias.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=mBo5_fZhXSKv43854OgL2w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Enrique Iglesias performs during the 2007 Wango Tango concert in Irvine, in this California May 12, 2007 file photo. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When the always restless Enrique
Iglesias is in the process of recording a CD, he works at night
and sleeps during the day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kidney transplant TV show is a hoax
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_tv/netherlands_organ_show"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.fee10306011932.netherlands_organ_show_fee103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=IO_EvzgpwV.1iQxh_pvw8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Kidney patient Mirjam Duyst and her son Tim, left, watch the live broadcast of the 'Big Donor Show' on a television at the Kidney Patient Center in Bussum, central Netherlands, Friday June 1, 2007. The BNN television network said show is intended to draw attention to the shortage of organ donations for transplant. Doctors scoffed at the idea of a donation without careful screening to match the tissues of the donor and recipient, and the program has been widely condemned around Europe as tasteless and unethical. The network has identified the donor only as 'Lisa,' a 37-year-old woman with an inoperable brain tumor. During the show, BNN says, she will hear interviews with the three candidates, their families and friends before choosing who will get her kidney. (AP Photo/Fred Ernst)" border="0" /></a>AP - A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday, with presenters saying they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.</p><br clear="all"/>
"American Idol" owner agrees to CEO-led buyout
(Reuters)
Reuters - CKX Inc., the owner of rights to
the Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali names and the "American
Idol" television show, said it will be taken private in a $1.33
billion buyout led by its chief executive.
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Atlantic and Across the Atlantic
(Playbill)
Playbill - The red hot <b>Atlantic Theater Company</b> (<b><i>Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore</i></b>) announced its 2007-08 line-up this week, one that will feature no fewer than five world premieres, including works by moviemaker <b>Ethan Coen, Lucy Thurber</b> and <b>Jez Butterworth</b>, as well as one New York premiere, <b>Conor McPherson</b>'s <i>Port Authority</i>.
No bean-toss prosecution for Hugh Grant
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_mo/people_hugh_grant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.2bf3ece42b4e44ba845adf49c80ac1eb.people_hugh_grant_ny139.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=J9CxU6mKBmJ1DwvucIUerA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="British actor Hugh Grant attends a photo call to promote his new film 'Music and Lyrics' in Barcelona, Spain, in this April 16, 2007, file photo. Grant, won't be prosecuted for allegedly hurling baked beans at a photographer, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Friday, June 1, 2007. Grant, who also will not face charges for allegedly kicking the photographer, was arrested following the clash on April 24. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - The heat's been turned off on the Hugh Grant legume litigation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Katie Holmes reveling in motherhood
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_mo/people_holmes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.4bf3c9a2f03343cdb7136a5aa7b9cc05.people_holmes_ny140.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=iFSmVHMSb3ve2fQeGqERIg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="U.S. actor Tom Cruise, right, and actress Katie Holmes, believed to be holding their daughter Suri, arrive at Rome's town hall, in this file photo from Nov. 15, 2006. Being the mother of Tom Cruise's baby daughter has been so much fun that Holmes tells 'Entertainment Tonight' she's ready to have more children. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Being the mother of Tom Cruise's baby daughter has been so much fun that Katie Holmes tells "Entertainment Tonight" she's ready to have more children.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rehabbing Lohan to skip MTV Movie Awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_en_mo/people_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070527/capt.8a8f4653614a497b80c5d82db17b6267.people_lohan_ny118.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=..dqUE9saC7mBL0vZL68Mg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Lindsay Lohan arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York, in this May, 7, 2007 file photo. Lohan was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday, May 26, 2007, after her convertible struck a curb, and investigators found what they believe is cocaine at the scene, police said. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan won't be attending Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, her publicist confirmed Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Affleck talks at teen pal's graduation
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_en_mo/people_affleck_graduation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.b4cf1f52f2cc417dafcc05bbc0504467.affleck_graduation_vagh107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=tY.WhWJSdQYglpKMKry6tg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Ben Affleck sits with graduating senior Joe Kindregan during Falls Church High School Commencement ceremonies in Fairfax, Friday, Va. June 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ben Affleck cracked jokes about his film career during a high-school commencement speech Friday while giving a heartfelt tribute to a graduating student he befriended years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ciara to star in 'Mama, I Want to Sing!'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_en_mo/people_ciara"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.d91541f22aa34bc297516a8b941eda2b.people__ciara_ny133.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=8kJ2zsxrqrs9FbaqTPU0Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actress and singer Ciara appears onstage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios in this file photo from May 23, 2006 in New York. As she prepares to film her first major movie role, Ciara remains calm. The hit-making singer, who will star in an adaptation of the gospel musical 'Mama, I Want to Sing!' isn't nervous, not now, at least. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - As she prepares to film her first major movie role, Ciara remains calm. The hit-making singer, who will star in an adaptation of the gospel musical "Mama, I Want to Sing!" isn't nervous — not now, at least.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cannes winner praises Romania's films
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_en_mo/people_cannes_cristian_mungiu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.xvg10205311414.romania_cannes_winner_xvg102.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=usH7HIL8huuLYfPuy3ojPA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu smiles at the end of the first press conference after winning the Cannes festival Palme d'Or award, for the film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days') in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday May 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cristian Mungiu, the first Romanian to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, says his country's recent movie output helped him win the award.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canada seeks to shed image of movie-pirate haven
(Reuters)
Reuters - That man at the end of the aisle in
Canadian movie theaters may be doing more than munching popcorn
-- he may be a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer looking
for movie pirates.
Costner takes on serial-killer role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_en_mo/film_kevin_costner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.0c230c03a3484bbdb27c500d5c4a3b3a.film_kevin_costner_nyet398.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=HCy_UfDR091Rk9racqJ.TA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="This 2006 photo, released by Element Films, shows actor Kevin Costner in the title role of the new movie, 'Mr. Brooks.' (AP Photo/Element Films, Ben Glass)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kevin Costner entered the hotel lobby with an apology, "I'm sorry I'm late. I just got off the `Tonight Show.'"</p><br clear="all"/>
Hugh Grant Not Beaned with Charges
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070601/en_movies_eo/a2887f8365cd_4d9e_a582_5cddcee7d5df"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070602/capt.f0192a5e02dd55d1666f6a983d5a09c3.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SC1pMZh3bvbQ0Lm.mcPoGA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Hugh Grant Not Beaned with Charges(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Hugh Grant won't be feeling the aftereffects of these beans.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jolie's son Pax Thien gets family name
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_en_mo/people_jolie_pitt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070531/2007_05_31t025637_301x450_us_female.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=zdcISbGsDN1Mn_uvNYu5xA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="U.S. actress Angelina Jolie poses for photographers prior to the premiere of the film, 'Lara Croft and the Cradle of Life:Tomb Raider 2,' in Tokyo September 2, 2003 file photo. Recent history has left a graveyard of tombstones reading such names as 'Elektra,' 'Catwoman' and 'Aeon Flux,' while mausoleums house 'Tank Girl' and 'Barb Wire.' There are exceptions, of course, such as the 'Tomb Raider' and 'Underworld' movies, but their sequels failed to capitalize on any goodwill created by the first movies. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Angelina Jolie's son Pax Thien now has the Jolie-Pitt family name.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iglesias readies "Insomniac" for light of day
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070602/music_nm/iglesias_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070602/2007_06_01t234745_450x337_us_iglesias.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=mBo5_fZhXSKv43854OgL2w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Enrique Iglesias performs during the 2007 Wango Tango concert in Irvine, in this California May 12, 2007 file photo. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When the always restless Enrique
Iglesias is in the process of recording a CD, he works at night
and sleeps during the day.</p><br clear="all"/>
iTunes crosses language barrier with Foreign Exchange
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple's iTunes Music Store is
introducing a new original programming feature designed to
promote foreign-language music in its stores around the world,
Billboard has learned.
Microsoft starts Ignition for music promotion
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070602/music_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070601/2007_05_31t114104_450x253_us_videogames_column_tech.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=OxmomPW26WAljvUUFYW_EQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot from the video game 'Shadowrun.' The summer video game doldrums are almost here, but a small flurry of new titles over the next couple of weeks may help tide gamers over until the fall bounty. (Microsoft Corporation/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft is introducing an initiative
on Monday to promote emerging music acts across its entire
digital footprint, Billboard has learned.</p><br clear="all"/>
Queens of the Stone Age enter new "Era"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The pace has been fast and furious
in Queens of the Stone Age's world since its 2002 album "Songs
for the Deaf" lifted the band out of relative obscurity and
into the upper echelon of new hard rock acts.
Friends and family pay tribute to June Carter Cash
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tribute albums are plentiful. But
few display the heart and soul of "Anchored in Love: A Tribute
to June Carter Cash" -- "a joyful celebration of her music and
her life," according to John Carter Cash, the artist's son and
producer of the project.
Irons narrates Stravinsky's unearthed "Tale"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Since World War I, every generation
has seen its own conflicts reflected in Igor Stravinsky's
masterful antiwar piece "The Soldier's Tale," a 1918 work
meant, in the composer's words, "to be read, played and
danced."
Syrian women's group nurtures Arab musical roots
(Reuters)
Reuters - Centuries ago, Arab servant girls
would serenade the caliph, or ruler, a tradition that Syria's
only all-woman classical Arab music ensemble is reviving in
modern form -- without the servitude.
Police drummer blasts reunion concert
(AP)
AP - The crowds have been ecstatic, but Police drummer Stewart Copeland has been anything but impressed so far by the band's reunion concerts.
Beatles online deal seen for 2008: Harrison widow
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/music_nm/beatles_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070602/2007_06_01t174551_450x223_us_beatles.jpg?x=130&y=64&sig=8KtHdF1IG_.HkN0zBdXIZQ--" align="left" height="64" width="130" alt="A pedestrian passes a large advertising display in west London for a recently released Beatles music compilation album 'Love', December 29, 2006. Beatles fans will probably have to wait until next year before they can buy the Fab Four's tunes from online retailers such as Apple Inc.'s (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Beatles fans will probably have to
wait until next year before they can buy the Fab Four's tunes
from online retailers such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes store, George
Harrison's widow said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
SF Opera replaces Briggs in `Giovanni'
(AP)
AP - Soprano Hope Briggs has been pulled from the starring role in the San Francisco Opera's upcoming performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
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